Birmingham club Ridgemere AC have been crowned the kings of club fishing after winning the Angling Times Supercup final at Barston Lakes. Scoring only 23 points among their six-man team, they finished ten points clear of second placed Essex Tackle. The club was at an advantage over many sides as they hold regular matches at […]

The Annual and now very long running Angling Trust Masters (ACA) was held on Saturday August 30 at Mallory Park Fisheries Leicestershire. Fourteen Teams of six anglers lined the banks of The Glebe and the Foundation Lake. Fishery owner Roy Marlow runs this event and he thanked every angler for being fantastic Ambassadors for the […]

The latest Angling Trust RiverFest qualifier for 2014 took place on the River Don on Saturday 30th August with two zones at Sprotborough & one at the much fancied Denaby length with 55 anglers fishing. The river had risen 8 inches overnight and rose further during the match which hampered the roach fishing so skimmers […]

Saturday 30th August witnessed the fourth and latest chapter in the Maver Mega Match This success story. A gruelling twenty-four qualifier campaign produced a truly exciting and unpredictable prospest with club anglers pegged amongst some of the country’s finest, each one having earnt their place in angling’s ultimate showdown and the sport’s richest final. As […]

Winter match fishing doesn’t come much better than on the Stainforth and Keaby canal. With well attended matches and double figure nets of silver fish common place, the sought after teams of three series is once again being run by Lee Kerry, Tom Scholey and Matt Godfrey. Lee commented: “Last year was a great success with roach […]

A new pairs league exclusively for pole anglers is to run this winter. Taking place at four of the UK’s most prolific silver-fish venues, the event will follow a unique format and carry a guaranteed first prize of £2,000 for the winning pair. The event is the brainchild of the Pole Fishing team, Tom Scholey […]

Stillwater Championship Qualifier – Results from Earlswood Lakes Match Report Far from ideal conditions greeted the 25 competitors for the Angling Trust + Canal & River Trust Stillwater Championship qualifier held at Earlswood Lakes on the Engine Pool on Saturday 23rd August 2014.  A very cold North Westerly wind blowing across the lake meant that […]

Ladies World Angling Championships 2014 The Angling Trust’s England Ladies World Championship coarse fishing team went into this year’s 21st FIPsed Ladies World Angling Championship on the River Sorria, Coruche, Portugal (23rd – 24th August) as reigning champions after a tremendous win in Slovenia last year, but sadly this time just failed to make the […]

Guildford Angling Centre Individual Summer League Final Round, Willinghurst Surrey, 24th August, 20 Anglers Ex England International Stevie Gardener showed his true class in this final round of the Guildford Angling Centre Individual Summer League. Steve drew unfancied peg 22 on the top lake and ran out comfortable winner with an impressive 202lb of carp […]

Top South East team Maver Image has won the Match Fishing Team Championship on Evesham’s River Avon. Their victory came after a very close finish, which saw them top the tally with a final score of 55 points.  Runners up, Kamasan Starlets finished just a single point behind the leaders, with Drennan Barnsley coming in […]

The match record at Barston Lakes has been broken for the third time in 2014, Steve Porter weighing in a massive 250lb. A rainy bank holiday Monday switched the fish onto the feed after a period of humid weather, and the Monday open match actually threw up two 200lb plus weights. Suzi Smith thought she […]

England international match angler Des Shipp has been crowned the 2014 Wychavon Champion, after a close fought battle on Evesham’s River Avon. The Preston Innovations-backed ace, and England international, picked up the £2,000 winners cheque, after weighing in 8-1-0 from end peg one on the Crown Meadow. A delighted Des explained: “I am over the […]

Evesham Veterans Championship Evesham Town & Ferry Waters 72 Fished.   1 Denis White (Maver) 8-13-0 (peg 30) 2 Clive Roberts (Cardiff Nomads) 8-12-0 (peg 13) 3 Dave Howl (peg 8) 8-0-0 4 Keith Kyte (peg 16) 6-15-0 5 Peter Dent (peg 15) 6-12-0 Qualifier: Clive Roberts In what must rank as one of the […]

This year’s Evesham Festival is set to be bigger, better and more exciting than ever before, making it a must-visit attraction for anyone with even the faintest interest in angling. Taking place this bank holiday weekend (23rd, 24th and 25th August), the show will see a host of angling’s biggest names go into battle on […]

Chris Vandervleit used a tactic more associated with winter fishing – called ‘fishing the teabag’- to win the Maver Match This Qualifier at Barston Lakes. The method involves using a small PVA bag of feed – usually pellets – which dissolves once in the water leaving a small pile of bait next to your hook […]